Runway calculator

What your budget buys offshore

The value is not in how cheap offshore hiring can be. It is in what you get when you pay Australian wages: more senior engineers, a bigger team, or a longer runway.

Junior 1–3 years: $800–$1,500
Mid 3–6 years: $1,500–$4,000
Senior 6+ years, tech lead and above: $4,000–$7,500

Run the numbers

01Your runway

Cash available AUD

Target runway 18 months

Other monthly costs AUD, everything except engineering

To last 18 months, you can spend — a month on engineering.

02Your team

Junior 1–3 years

Mid 3–6 years

Senior 6+ years, tech lead

Where you pay offshore Top of band

03Assumptions Edit

Onshore cost is the Australian base salary plus super, a month. Defaults sit inside published 2025–26 salary ranges for Sydney and Melbourne.

Junior base salary AUD a year

Mid base salary AUD a year

Senior base salary AUD a year

Superannuation % of salary

Other on-costs % · payroll tax, insurance, equipment

Burn sheet

BS-000

Development burn rate a month

Onshore—

Offshore—

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Runway months, with your other costs

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Offshore—

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Budget check against an 18-month runway

Onshore team—
Offshore team—

Pay Australian wages, hire further up

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Talk it through with us

Send your burn sheet and we will reply with how we would provision that team.